Mnuchin Hopes for ‘Substantial Progress’ in China Trade Talks

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin leaves the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors' meeting at the IMF and World Bank's 2019 Annual Spring Meetings, in Washington, D.C. on April 12, 2019. James Lawler Duggan/Reuters

BEIJING—U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on April 30 that he hopes to make “substantial progress” with Chinese negotiators in the next two rounds of trade talks, as the world’s two largest economies look for ways to end their trade war.

Mnuchin was speaking in Beijing, where he and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will hold talks this week, before Chinese Vice Premier Liu He goes to Washington next week for another round of talks.